I totally agree the reason the QC is so good is all because of the capturing system. You get way more bang for buck with the complete plethora of captures from the cloud, And with plugin compatibility coming real soon the quad cortex is gonna be a monster of a modeler.
The power supply scared me away from the QC and had me drop a couple grand on an FM 9, I also didn't want to deal with the headache of the ground hum issues a lot of people experience with the QC, and the models in the fractal are awesome! I was close to getting the QC, but glad I went with the FM 9
I've had the Headrush and QC is way, way better. Haven't tried the Boss as I've had the GT-1000 and did not like the sounds at all. Do you ever run the QC as a virtual pedalboard or 4CM with the Orange? I recently got a Rocker 15 and have been playing around with that and really enjoying it.
haha you are right, but i feel like the market moves so fast, and folks have been waiting for Quad Cortex updates for so long, it feels like its been out for longer than it has.